PREVIOUS REVIEW: I adore this brand!! While it is not artist grade quality, it is extremely fun to play with...especially because you don't have to feel guilty about wasting paint! I purchased the Odyssey, Essence, and Decadent pies and while I love all of them, I feel like Essence wasn't that nice compared to the others (there were some unique colors there like this mint like color called serenity but you might want to add some primary colors just to make things easier on yourself) but if you don't compare them to the others, you will love it! I LOVED DECADENT PIES..definitely worth the money (there are a lot of convenience skin tone mixes there...and online swatches don't do them justice, they are even prettier in person. Also, if you have never tried watercolors before, you probably want to get the Classics and Tropical sets in Prima as they have a more general color scheme; the other sets have more unique colors that are not that suitable for mixing. UPDATE: I would NOT repurchase this item! If you are a beginner, and bought this set to try out watercolors and just have fun, the quality is expected! But for professionals, this set is horrendous, especially for the price! They were beautiful when still wet, but as soon as they dried, they turned very chalky and had this weird texture! While I like the color scheme, I do not like their marketing this and the other prima sets as professional. The other cons are the the lack of light fast info, how opaque/chalky this set can be, lack of clean mixes (very muddy), etc. This set is definitely not lightfast as they faded very quickly after just a little amount of time and they are taking forever to use. I honestly never reach for them as they are not good for my confidence as an artist! Again, if I were a beginner or expert, I would NOT buy these, even on sale (and I am always up for buying stuff on sales). They are just terrible quality, and even children would be better off using something else. As an artist, I have had to use cheap supplies to get the job done, and have never minded, but this set has turned me off cheap watercolor as a whole. To be honest, this set is just NOT acceptable as the market on watercolor is growing everyday, with new, cheap sets gaining fame on Amazon and Youtube. And it is priced way too high for such a small set of watercolors with so many cons to it. Therefore, if I was on a budget and needed to get a good set of watercolor, (as a beginner) I would try Dugato watercolor (pigmented, vibrant, transparent, flow well, mix well), or Emooqi watercolor (48 set that are gorgeous, good color selection, mix okay with the primary colors, transparent, flow well) or Van gogh watercolor. If I was trying to expand my watercolor selection from beginner to mid-range/advanced, I would try the white nights (pretty affordable for the price, wide pans that have a lot of paint, good quality, transparent/semiopaque, granulates nicely) or a small set of Daniel Smith (which are amazing quality), Sennelier, or Rembrandt on sale.
